Apparatus for manufacturing solid tires



W.-J. STEINLEL APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 1916- 1,356,891.

Patented Oct 26,1920;

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APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID TIRES. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. I916.

Patented Oct. 26,1920.

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-WILLIAM J. s'rnIN E, or ELMHURST nnrenrs, NEW Yo zIK; ASSIG-NOR .ro MORGAN a WRIGHT, CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

- .errmarus Non MANUFACTURING- somn TIRES.

4 Z '0 all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, WILLIAM J KSTEINLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmhurst Heights, Lon Island, county of Queens, State of New ork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Manufacturing Solid Tires, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates, to apparatus for manufacturing solid tires,'and has for an object to generally improve and simplify the manufacture of this type'of tire and to produce unitary, integral association of the different materlals in the tire.

One method of manufacturing solid tires, I

The tire, thus assembled u on its rim, is then inclosed in a mold which 15 placed in a vulcanizer, where the desired degree of' vulcanization is produced in the rubber.

The above outlined method requires very careful manipulation of the materials, and

the results are appreciably influenced by many personal factors. To eliminate these andprovide a better -product at a reduced cost, the present invention' contemplates simultaneously forming and uniting the tread and base in such a' manner as to produce unitary, inte ral-association of these two components 0 the tire. i

The invention. can be readily understood .from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawin s, in which igure 1 is a plan view showing apparatus suitable for carrying outthe invention.

Fig. .2 is a fragmentary view showing the delivery portion ofthe apparatus in section. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on the line 33, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is" a detail viewinelevation of the ' delivery portion ofthe apparatus.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional viewon the line 5-5, Fig. '3.

Specification of Letters'latent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

Application filed February 9, 1916. Serial 30. 77,184.

prises a side delivery tubing machine A,

andanend delivery tubing machine Blcoupled together so as to discharge simultaneously througha common outlet, there being a die 8 held in place in the outlet by a lock ring 9. The die is divided into two separate converging passages 10-11 of the general shape of the tread and base respectively,to

be formed, by a tongue 12..

Preferably thev end delivery" tubing machine B is arranged to carry the hard rubber composition, ofwhich the base of thetire is composed, the same being fed into the cas- I ing 13 of the machine through a hopper l4 and being conveyed to the die by'a worm 15.

Preferably .the rubber stock is caused to pass as a film or sheet over a collar 16 on the worm and thus is opened up to the action of sub-atmospheric pressure through an exhaust .pipe 17 with consequent'withdrawal of air, gases and fluids, from the rubber to compact and densify the same.

The side delivery tubing machine A is arranged tocarry the soft rubber composition', of which the tread of the tire is composed, the same being fed into'the machine at both ends of the casing 18 through hop- 7 the machine by a worm 20 having one-half right threaded, and the other half left .pers 19, and being carried to the center of end of the worm15 and both worms -discharge simultaneously into the respective chambers in the die formed bythe separating tongue 12. The worms 15--20 of the tubing-machines are, in the present embodiment, shown as being driven by separate motors 23-24, and corresponding gear trains 25-26 although this is not essential as both worms may be simultaneously driven from any desired source of power.

In practice, the hard rubber composition for the fare base I; is compounded so as to vulcanize in the same time as the. rubber separating tongue, may

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composition for the tire tread a. The rubber compounds are then fed into the respective tubing machines, wherein they are forced toward the die 8 or passages 10-11, and are kept separated by the tongue 12 until well within the die. The tongue 12' is tapered toward its front edge and is provided with alternatin depressions and elevations 27-28, which impart surfaces of dove-tail formation to the rubber compositions of the tread and base. Both the treadand base will be caused to interfit as they meet at, the edge of the separating tongue and'will be there forced into intimate unitary and integral association by the surrounding wall of the die..

In the'present embodiment the wall of the die is provided with alternating elevations and depressions 2930, so that the surface of the base which contactswith the rim31 will partake of the dove-tailiconfiguration of the rim. However, any other configuration may be imparted to the base to correspond with a similar configuration of the rim. So also, the interlocking surfaces of the tread and base produced by the vbe of other con-- figuration than dove-tail.

' To avoid oxidation of the surface of the tire base, it is desirableto apply the tire to the rim 31 as soon as possible after formation of the tire as above described, and this may be done by cutting the tire to the proper length, drawing it over the rim, and splicing the ends together. I

I also contemplate applying the tire to the rim in a chamber which is evacuated of air, whereby the rubber is pressed into the locking surfaces of the rim without danger of entrapped air between the tire and mm.

, To complete the process the tire, thus assembled upon its rim, is inclosed in a mold which is place in a vulcanizerf where the desired degree of vulcanization is produced in the rubber. 1

It is desirable that the base and tread stocks be controlled as to temperature en route to the die and for fthis purpose 'the present embodiment of the invention shows thecasings 13 -18 of the tubingmachines as formed with chambers'32 33 into which a heat medium may be admitted through hile I have describedand illustrated aspecific apparatus, and outlined a specific sequence of manipulation of materials in. producing the associated tire and rim, 1 do lation, since various modifications may be resorted to within the scope ofthe appended claims without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the in vention',

.. rotating Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: i

1. Apparatus of the class described for making articles from different plastic materials comprising a casing, a die located adjacent an intermediate portion of said casing and communicating therewith, azsecond casing in communication with the die for directing material thereto and arranged transverse the first-mentioned casing, and worms in each of said casings for continuously feeding material therethrough and extruding the same from the die, the opposite ends of one of said worms being rev'ersely threadede' J 2. Apparatus of the class described for making articles from different plastic materials moluding' in combination, casings, worms in said -casings for continuously feeding material therethrough, a die arranged laterally of one of said casings at a point intermediate the ends of the worm therein, and means'defining separate closed passages from the die to each of said casings, said passages and casings being wholly separate from each other so as to prevent the materials from intermingling in-their passage to the die, and means for evacuating the interior ofthe. casings at a point adjacent the filming means.

.inseparate masses to the die, means within said casings for filming the? material i1 1 its I ve. Apparatus of the class described for making articles from diii'erentplastiematerials comprising,-a die, separate casin each" hav ng a separate closed outlet to said die, means in said casingsfor continuously feeding the materialsjthrough said die, .andva tongue for directing thema'terials in separate masses to the die, said tongue terminating in a free end adjacent the delivery face. of the die. v a v 5-. In a tubing machine LEOIKPISStlC mate rials, in combination, a plurality of casings each-having an inlet and an outlet, a rotatable worm in each casing between said inlet and outlet for conveying material therethrmigh, and means for/continuously .sai

the materials through the said outlets, said outlets terminating incontiguous free discharge openings whereby materials exuded through the openings in a predetermined contacting, relation are free and unconfined immediately after they have been brought d worms to uninterruptedly feed together in order to mingling.

prevent their inter- .6. In a tubing machine a plurality of casings each having an inlet and an outlet, a ro-.

tatable worm in each casing between the inlet and outlet for conveying the -material.

therethrough, and controllable means adapted to continuously rotate the said worms at desired relative speeds to regulate the relative quantities of material fed through said outlets, said outlets terminating in contiguous' free discharge openings. 7. In a tubing machine for plastic materials, a lurality of casings each having an inlet and an outlet, a rotatable Worm in each veying the material therethrough, and concasing between the inlet and outlet for controllable means for continuously rotating the said worms at variable relative speeds ,to' regulate the relative quantities of material fed through said outlets, said outlets terminating in contiguous free discharge 1 openings whereby materials exuded through the openings in a predetermined contacting I Y relation are free and unconfined immediately after they have been brought together Feb, 1916. v

. 1 WILLIAM J. STEINLE.- 

